Observe GP ensuring experience in General Practice

Written by Niha Mariam Hussain - Vice President

🚨 Are you interested in gaining more experience in General Practise, but can’t leave home? 🏠 GP Soc are super excited to promote ‘Observe GP,’ which is a platform created by the Royal College of General Practitioners. Have a read below for a summary of what the platform actually is! :)

RCGP) have launched a free online interactive video platform - Observe GP – to allow aspiring medics to gain insights into general practice from anywhere in the UK, regardless of geography or family networks.

Aspiring medics and even current medical students have always been encouraged to gain work experience placements in healthcare to supplement their learning at school.

The RCGP are spearheading the following message: work experience is one way applicants can gain insight into medicine but there are other relevant experiences and Observe GP is one of them.

The platform, in many ways goes further than a work experience placement can; the videos allow viewers to watch consultations in split screen, witnessing the body language of both the patient and clinician face on. Key terminology and activities appear on screen to reinforce learning and prompt reflection. Applicants are encouraged to complete Observe GP alongside other relevant experiences whether that be volunteering in a care home or healthcare setting, informal discussions with medical professionals, reading or listening to podcasts.

The videos include a variety of patients and conditions and allow the viewer to meet many of the general practice team including the Practice Manager, Receptionist, GP Trainee, Pharmacist, several GPs and an Advanced Nurse Practitioner. Themes of the videos include long term condition management, self-care, communication, and person-centred care.

For more information contact:

Email schools@rcgp.org.uk

Twitter @TeamGP

Web rcgp.org.uk/observegp

📌To sign up and have a go at Observe GP, visit the Observe GP page on the RCGP website!